By Beth Duda, director of the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on October 10, 2018
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Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
I am grateful, honored, and humbled to be selected to participate in Leadership Florida Education Class IV. The opportunity to work with and learn from education leaders throughout the state to help every child reach their full…
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By Ryan McKinnon, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on October 5, 2018
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Community, Solutions Journalism–SPIRE CoLab.
Sarasota’s Early Learning Coalition hopes to move 200 children off of its waiting list to receive School Readiness funding thanks to new federal funding. Low-income families across the state will have greater access to child care, thanks to $60 million…
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By Ryan Mckinnon, Herald-Tribune Media Group
on September 26, 2018
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Community, Solutions Journalism–SPIRE CoLab.
Bradenton Sunrise Kiwanis Club and Dairy Queen on State Road 64 team up to provide free books to young students. MANATEE COUNTY — A 6,000-volume book bus stocked from floor to ceiling with books for every age sat outside the…
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By Beth Duda, Director, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
on September 23, 2018
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Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
The jury summons arrived recently in my mailbox. “You have been selected to serve on jury duty.” My first thought was, “Oh no! I don’t want to miss work.” The Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading has many…
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By Beth Duda, Director of the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
on September 14, 2018
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Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Editor’s Note: Hildy Gottlieb is a social scientist and asker of powerful questions. She is the co-founder and Chief Boundary Pusher at Creating the Future, a 10-year experiment to answer the question, “If people everywhere are asking…
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By Beth Duda, Director, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
on September 11, 2018
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Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
I was thrilled to be invited and looked forward to presenting information about the Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading. But, I’ll admit to quite a few uncertainties as I pulled up to the hotel for the Manatee Chamber of Commerce…
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By Alisa Mitchell, Initiative Consultant for the Community Foundation of Sarasota County
on August 26, 2018
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Community, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Editor’s Note: This post is written by Alisa Mitchell, Initiative Consultant for the Community Foundation of Sarasota County. For limited income families, one of their biggest expenses is something many people can take for granted: doing laundry. Each week families…
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By Alisa Mitchell, Asesora de iniciativas para la Community Foundation of Sarasota County
on August 26, 2018
in
Community, Español, Suncoast Campaign for Grade-Level Reading.
Nota del editor: Esta entrada de blog fue escrita por Alisa Mitchell, asesora de iniciativas para la Community Foundation of Sarasota County. Para familias con ingresos limitados, uno de los mayores gastos es algo que muchas personas pueden subestimar: lavar…
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